Sanitary protector.



v A. M.l AIKEN. SANITARY POTEGTOB. 'APPLIOATIOI FILED IBB. 11. 190B..

renamedl sepa 22, 190s.

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aannam; rn'ornc'ron? Application -led February 11, 1908-. Serial No. 415,7.

To all whowi it 'may concern.:

Beit known that I, ALICE M. AIKEN, a

.I citizen of the United States, residing at pended from the waist, by means of a waist- Clcvel'and, in the. county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Protectors, of which the following is a'speciiication.

The invention relates to iin rovernents in sanitary protectors,-an app iance to. be'

worn over the drawers and corsets and under l the skirts of women 1n connection wlth the ordinary catamenial bandage and accessorics during the period of menstruation, or

in anticipation of therecurrence 4of such period, to'prevent staining of the outer gar ments.

. T he primary objectof the invention is to provide a generally-improved protector, 'of ight material, which can 'be easily f and quickly applied or' reino'ved,l and when being worn. causes no inconvenience,I is sanitary, not liable to disarrangement, and does not detractfromthe appearance or eifect'of the louter garments in any position or posture which may be assumed y the wearer.

The improved protector is designed to cooperate with, connect to, and maintain a proper position at all vtimes relative to, the drawers, or other equivalent and contiguous apparel of the wearer. The appliance iS SUS- andjwhicliA encircles the corset, and is ofsuch material, shape, andconiguration` as to enable it to be conveniently worn and situated exteriorly of the drawers at therear of the'body. for the'performance ofthe functions and ends above referred to,

V'th these ends inview, the invention consists in the novelcoustruction, arran ement, and combination of parts, hereina ter described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly pointed out in the a pend-ing claims. i Re erring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, is a rear view of the im' roved protector as it appears aplied to t e body of the wearer. Fig. 2, a

' ront view illustrating manner of attachrubber or impermeable. shield and perme-l ment and relative' position 'with respect` t'o the drawers of the wearer. ofA theiiiiier or under portion of t e protector detached, lgiving a more detailed view of the able yoke portionsv thereof.. p

AThe improved protector comprises an iin-y ;Perineable shield portion 1', and a permeable Fi 3, a view l waistband 3.

light ,impermeable material, such as rial) the shield ortion is cut away at its tolp to provide for t e yoke ortion 2, of suitab e permeable material, an means of the horizontally-extending seain 4; and the yoke portion 2, is given the proper forni or contour by having its upper ortion d Vcontracted and fo ed into downwar ly and ing on the inner o r under side of the yoke portion as shown most clearly -in Fig. 3, of the drawings.

' The improvedl proper position to e worn by passing the v'aistband -about. the waist the free' ends thereof meeting in front and being secured convenient. fastening device. `In order that the shield plortion ofthe protector may cooperate witand be secured' and maintainedy in proper relative position with respect to the drawers 8, of the wearer, in any position or posture which may be assumed, and yet perl mit of a free and natural movement of the limbs, the side or marginal edges of the lower portion ofthe shield 1, are

tabs or straps 9, carrying in t eir free lends safety-pins 10, or other convenient fas tening devices, adapted to be secured in the lower outer sides or ortions of the drawers 8, vas'sliowii most clear y in Fig. 2, of the drawin s.. y

t is obvious that the arrangement 'ust de. scribed prevents any'extended latera movement or displacement of the shield and insures the protector being beneath the wearer when in anstting position, and when in a standing position at the rear of the erson, l1 fins shie din-g' and protectin the c othing of the ',vearer fronibeino sole Having thus describell ymy invention, what The shield portion is of a single pl l'of i ruliber 1n order to give the'protector the proper Iovided with.

specification of 'Letters Patent. *y Patented sept. 22, wos.

' yoke portion 2, contracted at its top ortionl as hereinafter described and provide witha fabric or the like, and, preferablyfsmooth on.

line (the shield being of impermeable mate- I secured thereto by i laterally-extending tapering plaits or folds 5, l I on each side of a median seam 6, the folds -berotector is secured in by means ofva buckle 7, or other suitable and I claim and desre to secure by Letters Patportion being'provided about its fer edges A protector, comprlzsin'g e-permeable yoke ehin'g brovide'd with attachingabs near the gortion provided with a medianl seam and l'de'en ing end thereof.

5 airing lts per portion contracted and y n test-xmony whereof have affixed my 15 folded 'into downwardly 'and laterally-exsignature, in presece of two Witnesses. A tending te Vering plai'ts or folds on each side r ALICE M. AIKEN.

. of sed'rne ien lme, 'and an impermeable porl Witnesses: tionAcomg-isingra single ply of material de'- -l g HENRY A. BBCRELMAN, 1o pending 'om `-said yoke portion,"`sa.id yoke i' O. C. BILLMAN. 

